The book is a wonderfully unique and honest look at what life, and love, can be like while dealing with a major illness.

Hazel and Augustus are two teens living with the horrors of cancer. Despite their fairly pessimistic views of the future, however, these two cannot help falling for one another. Amid radical treatments, new diagnoses, and an amazing trip granted by a foundation’s “wish” campaign, Hazel and Augustus experience the harsh realities of being teenagers in love, all while being a teenager with cancer.

Make no mistake, this book has plenty of pain and it does not shy away from the truth of the world’s cruelty. But it is also hilarious and heartwarming, full of quirky characters you can root for and believe in, characters that you love seeing so in love. This is, technically speaking, a young adult novel, but it can and should be enjoyed by a wide variety of readers.

Books: At the library, with Meredith Cleversey of Cambridge Libraries

WhatsOnMay 24, 2013Waterloo Region Record

Meredith Cleversey is a training librarian with Cambridge Libraries. She recommends:

The book is a wonderfully unique and honest look at what life, and love, can be like while dealing with a major illness.

Hazel and Augustus are two teens living with the horrors of cancer. Despite their fairly pessimistic views of the future, however, these two cannot help falling for one another. Amid radical treatments, new diagnoses, and an amazing trip granted by a foundation’s “wish” campaign, Hazel and Augustus experience the harsh realities of being teenagers in love, all while being a teenager with cancer.

Make no mistake, this book has plenty of pain and it does not shy away from the truth of the world’s cruelty. But it is also hilarious and heartwarming, full of quirky characters you can root for and believe in, characters that you love seeing so in love. This is, technically speaking, a young adult novel, but it can and should be enjoyed by a wide variety of readers.

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Books: At the library, with Meredith Cleversey of Cambridge Libraries

WhatsOnMay 24, 2013Waterloo Region Record

Meredith Cleversey is a training librarian with Cambridge Libraries. She recommends:

The book is a wonderfully unique and honest look at what life, and love, can be like while dealing with a major illness.

Hazel and Augustus are two teens living with the horrors of cancer. Despite their fairly pessimistic views of the future, however, these two cannot help falling for one another. Amid radical treatments, new diagnoses, and an amazing trip granted by a foundation’s “wish” campaign, Hazel and Augustus experience the harsh realities of being teenagers in love, all while being a teenager with cancer.

Make no mistake, this book has plenty of pain and it does not shy away from the truth of the world’s cruelty. But it is also hilarious and heartwarming, full of quirky characters you can root for and believe in, characters that you love seeing so in love. This is, technically speaking, a young adult novel, but it can and should be enjoyed by a wide variety of readers.